Who we are

MaP is an RWTH University spin-off which incorporates years of research into a service offering around pore-scale imaging.

Methods

Equipment

The unique combination of our Virtual Petrograph (ViP), argon (Cryo) Broad Ion Beam (BIB) polishers, state of the art Field Emission Cryo Scanning Electron Microscope (Cryo-SEM), and Liquid Metal Injection (LMI) technology with researchers having over ten years of experience makes our lab one-of-a-kind in Europe. We developed the first and only fully integrated Cryo-BIB-SEM workflow on the market today. Our second generation, state-of-the-art facilities enable standardized sample analysis and HD-image processing.

We are experts in our fields, engaging in cutting-edge research and regularly publishing in top peer-reviewed journals. Our knowledge is ahead of the curve and enables us to focus on only the most promising methods and to invest in the most capable equipment. Equipment which is not available yet off-the-shelf is developed in close cooperation with vendors and the engineering institutes of the RWTH Aachen University. Our network and the customer-oriented approach gives us the ability to deliver custom solutions for special projects within a short time-frame.

The effect of hydrocarbons on the microstructural evolution in rock salt: a case study on hydrocarbon bearing Ara salt from the South Oman Salt Basin. EGU European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 27th April – 02nd May, 2014, Vienna (Austria). (2014)

The Effect of mechanical stratigraphy on the evolution of transport processes in fault zones. Geo 2008; International Conference and 106th annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e. V. (DGG) and 98th annual meeting of the Geologi (2008)

Joyce Schmatz, Janos Urai

The role of fluid filled grain boundaries in substructure development - RESULTS. EuroMinSci-MinSubStrucDyn workshop on analogue modeling, Liverpool, UK. (2008)

Joyce Schmatz, Janos Urai

The role of fluid filled grain boundaries in substructure development - METHODS. EuroMinSci-MinSubStrucDyn workshop on analogue modeling, Liverpool, UK. (2008)

Fault gouge evolution in layered sand-clay sequences - first results of water-saturated sandbox experiments. Fault and Top Seals: What do we know and where do we go?, EAGE, Montpellier, France, 8-11 September 2003, O22. (2003)

Joyce Schmatz, Marc Holland, Wouter van der Zee, Janos Urai

Fault gouge evolution in layered sand-clay sequences - first results of water-saturated sandbox experiments. Fault and Top Seals: What do we know and where do we go?, Montpellier, France. (2003)